Tag: recollections

• Poem

  

  On monkey bars and metal slidesSpinning wheels, turning round so fastBoth climbing trees and flying kitesBuilding memories meant to last © 2025 Phil Perkins PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com. Built to Last, by The Grateful Dead (1989) – see lyrics here. NOTE: I’d like to thank my close friend and collaborator-in-arms, the lovely and…

  Music, Poetry & Writing

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• Haiku

  

  Faded memoriesRetrospectives frayed by timeThe fabric of life © 2023 Phil Perkins PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com. Time Passages, by Al Stewart (1978) – see lyrics here.

  Music, Poetry & Writing

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• Poem in Response

  

  Having read “Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright” by a talented poetess and dear friend from California, Cindy Georgakas – wherein she interweaves beautiful imagery with hopeful, endearing assurances – I was inspired to write this poem… She sloshes in galoshesWading ankle-deep into memories Fond reflections splashed with loveBuoy her spirits, like a summer breeze…

  Poetry & Writing

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• Poem

  

  Sands of Time Around the lake on winds of changeThe sands of time did rearrangeTo shift terrain along the shoreResculpting landscapes to explore © 2022 Phil Perkins One of the early lessons I learned as a child growing up in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, in the city of Marquette on Lake Superior, was the enormous power…

  Nature, Photography, Poetry & Writing

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• Poem: Sands of Michigan

  

  Growing up along the shores of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in the city of Marquette, I have many fond recollections of summers at the beach, swimming in the water and exploring small islands… Jumping over dunesOn the hot sand under sunCool, deep blue watersBeckoning young summer fun Life in MichiganWith the…

  Poetry & Writing

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